Ted Cruz Finally Endorses Donald Trump

Trump has insulted Cruz’s wife and repeatedly said Cruz’s father helped kill JFK.

WASHINGTON ― Although he once called the man a sniveling coward and said he’d never support someone who insulted his family, Sen. Ted Cruz endorsed Donald Trump for president on Friday.

“After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience,” Cruz wrote on his Facebook page, “I have decided that on Election Day, I will vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump.”

Trump dubbed the Texas senator “Lyin’ Ted” during the Republican primary contest, as the two fought fiercely for the GOP nomination. In a primetime speech at the Republican National Convention in July, Cruz pointedly refused to endorse Trump, urging the audience to “vote your conscience” and exiting to a chorus of boos.

In his endorsement, Cruz did not address Trump’s attacks on his family. Instead, he suggested that he had always planned to back the Republican Party’s nominee and said that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is a really bad option.

“I’ve made this decision for two reasons,” Cruz wrote. “First, last year, I promised to support the Republican nominee. And I intend to keep my word.

“Second, even though I have had areas of significant disagreement with our nominee, by any measure Hillary Clinton is wholly unacceptable — that’s why I have always been #NeverHillary.”